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Jeffrey Deitch At Art Basel
During a conversation with art advisor Josh Baer at Art Basel last week, Jeffrey Deitch talked about the threat of private museums to fundraising and programming at MOCA Los Angeles.
Read more about this conversation in artnet Magazine.
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Video: Art Basel 2012
Didn’t make it across the pond this year? Then sit back, relax, and watch our video from the opening of Art Basel 2012.
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Art Basel Looks Towards Asia
Dealers and organizers at Art Basel are predicting an increasingly Asian-ized future for the fair, especially after news broke that Swiss collector Ulli Sigg is donating most of his Contemporary Chinese Art collection, worth about $163 Million, to the Hong Kong M+ Museum.
Read more about Art Basel in artnet Magazine.
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Politically Engaged Art At Basel
Drawing well-suited dealers and collectors from all corners of the globe since 1970, Art Basel is “just as much a meeting place as a market place,” as co-director Marc Spiegler likes to put it.
And while center stage is occupied by the big, expensive gestures made by big, rich artists, plenty of politically-engaged, socially-grounded artworks are still to be found in the city.
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Visiting Volta8
While in Basel, we took time to stop by Volta8 fair, Basel’s cutting edge art fair for new and emerging art.
View more emerging artists for sale at galleries on artnet.
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Basel’s Independent Art Fair
Get a glimpse inside what’s possibly the favorite — or at least the most fashionable — sideshow at Basel, Liste 2012.
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Baloise Prize For Denny & Födinger
Art Basel: The annual $31,300 Baloise Art Prize for emerging artists was awarded to Simon Denny from New Zealand and German artist Karsten Födinger today.
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US$20 Million Richter Sells At Art Basel
It seems sales are going strong at this year’s Art Basel with Gerhard Richter’s stunning A.B. Courbet apparently selling for an undisclosed sum over US$20 million at The Pace Gallery.
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Browsing Art Basel
We’re out at Art Basel 2012, and busy taking pictures. Check out a few of our first impressions from the fair.
Can’t make it to Art Basel? Be part of the action and browse all the fantastic Contemporary artworks featured at Art Basel 2012, online.
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Franz West’s Gekröse At Art Basel
Gagosian Gallery is showing Franz West’s largest outdoor sculpture to date, Gekröse, at Art Basel 2012.
The above graph presents a snapshot of Franz West’s single artist Index, showing his performance against the DAX from 2000 to 2007!
Find out more about Franz West performance over time in artnet Analytics Reports!
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Previewing Art Basel 2012
The fair’s VIP Preview starts today. Be part of the action and browse all the fantastic Contemporary artworks featured at Art Basel 2012, June 14 to June 17, 2012, online!
The fair features nearly 300 leading galleries from around the world and over 2,500 artists, from Modern Art masters to emerging stars.
